GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| seasonal | of, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| shack | hut |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |